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Lot #392
Napoleon

Dispatching troops to Germany just months after the retreat from Russia

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Dispatching troops to Germany just months after the retreat from Russia

LS boldly signed “Np,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, February 15, 1813. Napoleon writes to the Duc de Feltre on the dispatch of troops to Hanover (Germany) on the following day. Napoleon had returned from the disastrous French retreat from Russia just two months earlier; a month after he signed this letter, on March 17, Prussia declared war on France. A few minor wrinkles and marginal pinholes, and light vertical bend touching “N,”, otherwise fine, bright condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #338 - Ended October 15, 2008